1998's Best-Selling Sports Title...

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...depends on whether you think wrestling is a sport, or not.

By IGN Staff

Electronic Arts today announced that the PlayStation version of Madden 99 was the top-selling PlayStation sports videogame for 1998 in North America. According to TRSTS data, Madden 99 sold more than 1.1 million times since its release last fall. According to EA, the game outsold its nearest competitor by over 160,000.

On an interesting side note, Acclaim claims that the title for best-selling PlayStation sports title belongs to WWF Warzone. The game, which was published under the Acclaim Sports brand, racked in even higher sales than Madden.

On the N64 side, Midway's NFL Blitz emerged as the clear winner ahead of Madden NFL 99 and NASCAR 99. If you include wrestling, then WCW/NWO Revenge, which ranked fifth in overall sales lead the pack of sports releases. Warzone placed on #10 in the N64 sales charts for 1998.